217. Anticipating Shifting Environments in Economics feat. Paul Ormerod

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc · Nov 28, 2022 · 52m

Economists have been harshly criticized for their response to the recent financial crisis and the pandemic. Yet, they are willing to adapt to changing environments and take on new ideas but sometimes don't do it rapidly enough.Paul Andrew Ormerod is a British economist, best-selling author, a partner at Volterra Partners consultancy, and a founder and director of Algorithmic Economics. Additionally, he is a visiting professor at UCL’s Department of Computer Science.Paul writes a weekly opinion column on economics and related topics for City AM, a newspaper aimed at workers in Central London…